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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern WorldGenghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

The name Genghis Khan often conjures the image of a relentless, bloodthirsty barbarian on horseback leading a ruthless band of nomadic warriors in the looting of the civilized world. But the surprising truth is that Genghis Khan was a visionary leader whose conquests joined backward Europe with the flourishing cultures of Asia to trigger a global awakening, an unprecedented explosion of technologies, trade, and ideas. 
 
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Tags: Genghis, flourishing, cultures, trigger, Europe, Making, World, Modern
Mongolia (Nations in Transition)
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Mongolia (Nations in Transition)Mongolia (Nations in Transition)

From the vast empire Mongolians built after Ghenghis Khan united them in the 13th century- which at its height stretched from the pacific Ocean to the Black Sea- to periods under Chinese and then Soviet control to today when the Buddhist traditions that were once repressed are flourishing and the country is struggling to implement economic reforms.
 
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Pirates and Privateers
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Pirates and PrivateersPirates and Privateers

In Pirates and Privateers Tom Bowling offers a lively history of piracy, from ancient times through the -privateers- such as Morgan, with their Letters of Marque (an early example of State-sponsored terrorism), to the still real and flourishing threat of contemporary pirates that patrol the less well-regulated shipping lanes of the world today.
 
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Tags: Privateers, Pirates, flourishing, threat, still